Ralph McDaniels Celebrating 66th Birthday With Concert In BK

A celebration is about to take place for a legendary hip-hop purveyor in the city of New York as Video Music Box’s Ralph McDaniels will be curating a birthday concert for his 66th Birthday in the borough of Brooklyn.

The concert will take place on Thursday, February 27th, at Brooklyn Bowl. The Video Music Box Experience will feature special guests from the halls of hip-hop who will be on hand to help celebrate the industry’s first hip-hop video host. The concert will have many surprise guests but BLACK ENTERPRISE can exclusively reveal that there will be performances by DJ Scratch, Grand Puba (Brand Nubian), and Smif-N-Wessun, among a host of other legendary recording hip-hop artists.

During the evening, audience members will be able to view legendary hip-hop videos played throughout the night, including clips produced by the man affectionately known as “Uncle Ralph.” McDaniels also informed those who will be in attendance to “expect a full show of the best of New York hip-hop.”

The event, amongst the many he has done over the years, promises to be a special one.

“This birthday is special because I am curating the whole event from the music to the food and drinks,” said McDaniels.

The event is being done in conjunction with Late Development and the CEO, Elijah Wells chimed in by saying, “The event is about celebrating Ralph McDaniels during his birthday. Ralph has traditionally had incredible birthday parties that became concerts. I wanted to continue the tradition this year with a big birthday/concert at the Brooklyn Bowl. The show will feature classic hip-hop artists and DJs bringing back the golden era of hip-hop.”

If you are in the New York City area, the date is Tuesday, Feb. 27, starting at 6:00 p.m., and to attend, you can purchase tickets at the Brooklyn Bowl website.

Starting as a budding entrepreneur in 1983, Ralph and his former partner, Lionel C. Martin set out to present music videos to an audience who may not have had many options as Ralph and Lionel’s show, Video Music Box, predated rap video shows like “Yo! MTV Raps!” The duo set up shop in Manhattan, NY, and landed at WNYC-TV where every weekday they showed music videos. Hip-Hop videos weren’t the staple it is today and there were very few being broadcast, but the ones that were available had a home at Video Music Box.

Video Music Box premiered in 1983 and is celebrating 42 years of being on air and has the distinction of being the longest-running syndicated music show and continues to introduce new artists to the world.